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Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Hyperspectral Imaging (IDREHSI)

About this Program

Since 2012, 61 protégés (47% are women or other underrepresented groups) have participated in IDREHSI to work on difference research projects (21/34% in Geographic Information Science, 8/13% in Arctic and Cryosphere, 13/21% in Biology/Environmental Science, 6/10% in Geology, 4/7% in Atmospheric Science, 2/3% in Computer Science, and 7/12% in Physics).

Protégés achieve academic success and participate in the workforce

  • 4 have participated in other research-oriented programs since leaving the REU-IDREHSI program (e.g., NASA DEVELOP National Program, NeuroID Program, etc.)

  • 2 have interned at academic/NASA research centers

  • 42 have earned undergraduated degrees in STEM

  • 6 earned their Masters degree in STEM

  • 19 currently in STEM majors: e.g., Geography, Meteorology, Biology, Physics, and Engineering

  • 1 currently in post baccalaureate program at National Institutes of Health

  • 3 currently in Masters programs

Protégés contribute to science based on IDREHSI research

  • 15 poster presentations at national or regional conferences

  • 14 oral presentations at national or regional conferences

  • 5 student research awards from local or regional conferences

Details of Protégés’ presentations at professional conferences:

  • Joshua Mauss presented his IDREHSI paper of “Classifying polar ice cover by age and type using spaceborne hyperspectral imaging” at the 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CA

  • Wyatt Cheney presented his IDREHSI paper of “Modelling Nitrate and Sediment Yield of the UNI Campus using SWAT” at the 2019 West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Cedar Falls, IA

  • Maritza Salinas presented her IDREHSI paper of “Unveiling Shadows: How to Optimize Shadow Detection in HSI through Combination of LiDAR and Histogram Thresholding” at the 2019 West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Cedar Falls, IA

  • Tea Musedinovic presented her IDREHSI paper of “Mapping Hyperspectral Signatures for Urban Materials using Spectral Angle Mapper” at the 2019 West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Cedar Falls, IA

  • Maxwell Grover presented his IDREHSI paper of "Analysis of Tornado Damage Tracks from April 27, 2011 in West-Central Alabama Using Hyperspectral Imagery" at the 2019 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ

  • Jacob Abramowitz presented his paper of "Analyzing the Impact of Wind Turbines on Crop Condition in Story County, Iowa Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery" at the 2019 American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

  • Do Khym presented his paper of “Weekend/Weekday Ozone Concentration Difference in Los Angeles Basin in 2017” at the 2019 American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

  • Clarice Norton presented her paper of “Performing LiDAR data point reduction using hyperspectral imaging” at the 2019 American Association of Geographers Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

  • Makayla Platt presented her paper of “Classifying sea ice melt conditions near the Diomede Island, Russia using spaceborne hyperspectral imaging” at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C.

  • Victoria Devlin McLoughlin presented her paper of “Creation of pixel and point based suspended sediment hyperspectral spectral libraries” at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C.

  • Do Khym presented his paper of “Weekend/Weekday Ozone Concentration Difference in Los Angeles Basin in 2017” at the 2018 Korean Meteorological Society Fall Academic Conference in Seoul, South Korea

  • Paul Dyduch presented his paper of “Using hyperspectral imaging and artificial neural networks to detect E. coli on lettuce and spinach” at the 2018 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students Conference in Indianapolis, IN

  • Dominique Cottrell presented her paper of “Evaluation and comparison of total suspended solids in a small watershed using turbidity meters and ground-based hyperspectral imaging” at the 2018 Geological Society of America Annual Conference in Indianapolis, IN

  • Siobhan McTiernan presented her paper of “Quartz Creek Fire, Alaska: Understanding Pre-Fire Conditions in the Alaskan Tundar using Hyperspectral Imagery” at the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA

  • Will Dufresne presented his IDREHSI paper of “Using Hyperspectral Imagine to Map Mineralogical Composition of the Wahiba Sands, Sultanate of Oman” at the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA

  • Christopher Yen presented his IDREHSI paper of “Hyperspectral Imagine of Spring Sea Ice off Point Barrow, Alaska: Classification, Melt Index, and Polar Bear Habitat Assessment” at the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA

  • Darimar Davila-Ortiz presented her IDREHSI paper of “Identifying Plastic Microfibers in the Marine Environment Using Hyperspectral Imaging” at the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA

  • Feiyi Wu presented her IDREHSI paper of “Urban Surface Material Mapping Using Very High Resolution Hyperspectral and Thermal Images” at the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA

  • Madison Kitchen presented her IDREHSI paper of “Building Spectral Libraries of Soil Organic Matter” at the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA

  • Savannah Leigh Watson presented her IDREHSI paper of “Bad Air: A Spatial Analysis of Lake Michigan’s Ozone Using HSI” at the 2017 Annual Southeastern Division of Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) Meeting in Starkville, MS.

  • Nathaniel K. Lapides presented his IDREHSI paper of “Using Hyperspectral Imaging to Study the Effects of Wind Turbines on Crops in Iowa, USA” at the 2014 Academic Fall Fest at Clark University and the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. He also published his paper on the online depository of Clark Digital Commons by Clark University.

  • Clarissa Everly presented her IDREHSI paper of “Mapping Urban Materials in Cedar Falls, Iowa Using Very High Resolution Thermal and Hyperspectral Imagery” at the 2014 SWAAG-GPRM Joint Regional Meeting in Albuquerque, NM, the 103rd Annual Technical Meeting of Oklahoma Academy of Science where she won the undergraduate research competition in Broken Arrow, OK, and the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

  • Evan Sinnott presented his IDREHSI paper of “Using Hyperspectral Imaging to detect Garlic Mustard (Alliraria Periolata) in Iowa” at the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

  • Megan Sirbaugh presented her IDREHSI paper of “Hyperspectral Analysis of January Ice Formation on Lake Baikal” at the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

  • Eleanore Campbell presented her IDREHSI paper of “nvestigating the Performance Of Artificial Neural Network Classification on Hyperspectral Imagery” at the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

  • Alison Stricklen presented her IDREHSI paper of “Greenland Ice: A Study of Supraglacial Rivers and Lakes Using Hyperspectral Imagery” at the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

  • Almaris Figueroa González presented her IDREHSI paper of “Using FieldSpec® 3 and the Olympus CH30 microscope to create a spectral library of different human cancer cells” at the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

  • Jay Egenhoff presented his IDREHSI paper of “Developing a Methodology For Correcting Shadows In Hyperspectral Imagery” at the 2015 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Chicago, IL and the 2015 Imaging and Geospatial Technology Forum in Tampa, FL.

  • Amber Todoroff presented her IDREHSI paper of “Uglovaya River Fire: Understanding Pre-Fire Conditions for a Large Tundra Wildfire Using Hyperspectral Imagery” at the 2014 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Tampa, FL.

  • Eric Guenther presented his IDREHSI paper of “Impervious Surface Mapping of Guangzhou, China” at the 2014 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Tampa, FL.

  • Jacob P. Amundson presented his IDREHSI paper of “Seasonal Arctic Sea Ice Decay Mapping Using EO-1 Hyperion” at the 2014 Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Tampa, FL.

  • Paul Johnson presented his IDREHSI paper of “Landscape-based LiDAR Data Reduction” at the 2014 International LiDAR Mapping Forum in Denver, CO.

  • Shawn Poellet presented his IDREHSI paper of “Incorporation of Carbon Nanotubes into Nanocellulose Solids” at the 23rd Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics in Argonne, IL.

  • Claire Nilles’ IDREHSI paper of “Hypersectral Detection of Prairie Vegetation” won the 2012 undergraduate research award from the University of Iowa.

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